Ranma awoke and turned over. It was later than usual. He yawned luxuriously. He hadn't slept this late in a long time.

"No wonder. Pop's not here." He yawned. "The old fart's probably drunk somewhere." Ranma got up and gathered his clothes to take to the bath with him. He yawned once more as he gathered his things and headed downstairs. He dragged his feet down the stairs and was rather surprised to see no one home, except Toshi.

"Aye Shi-chan."

"Hey, Ranmi-chan. G'Afternoon."

"What? What time is it?"

"Ummm, like two."

"TWO? No one woke me up for school!"

"You never do your homework anyway. Plus it's a teacher work-day." Toshi said, heading into the kitchen.

"Oh. Where's everybody?"

"Well, Kasumi went out shopping for a bit, Akane and Nabiki went on a little outing. Sister stuff." Toshi said from the kitchen. "Our Pop and Mr. Tendo are out at a Go tournament."

"Go tournament?" Ranma asked.

"That's what they said." Toshi said. Ranma heard the familiar shuffling and clang of utensils.

"What're you doing?"

"Makin' sandwiches." Toshi answered matter-of-factly. Toshi promptly walked out of the kitchen, holding a platter with two sandwiches. "Tuna."

Ranma shivered... tuna reminded him of the Cat-Fist. "I'll pass."

"Wasn't for you anyway."

"Then who?"

"Ryoga."

Ranma guffawed, "Figures. I told you, he probably won't show up for another week!"

"Shuddup. I don't appreciate the laughter." Ranma continued laughing as he made his way to the bath. Toshi sighed and planted herself on the couch. She grabbed the remote and blindly flipped the channels. Nothing was on.

"Figures." She sighed as she settled on a Pocky commercial. She found herself soon bobbing along with the music. She started humming the tune slightly. The commercial was soon over and Toshi was soon engaged in a Soap Opera. She sat for a few minutes, watching the show. Eri was a nurse, happily married with a little boy. The little boy got hit by a car, and was rushed to the hospital. Ayumi, unfortunately at the same time, found out she had a malignant tumor, she is torn between dumping the truth on her husband and having him worry about her and their child or keeping it a secret...

"Interesting?" Ranma asked, coming out of the bath.

"Not really, I think Eri is stupid. Her husband deserves to know."

"Know what?" Ranma asked. Toshi explained during the next commercial break.

"Well... sounds like a load of crap. Of course, he needs to know!" Ranma said.

"But with his child and his wife going through stuff... I can see Eri's point. She just doesn't want anyone to worry 'bout her." Toshi countered.

"Sounds like you." Ranma sighed.

"Whaddya mean?" Toshi asked and got up to grab one of Ryoga's sandwiches.

"You still haven't told anyone your whole story. All I know about you so far, is that you're my sister and you were raised by mom. She ran off, though to study martial arts because she wouldn't let ya."

"Yeah. But whadda 'bout you? All I know is that you're cursed... and you're my brother. I know you practice Anything-Goes."

"Mom told ya?"

"Yeah.When I was there all she'd say was 'Your fool father and his Anything-Goes'. She didn't want me to practice it. So she taught me to cook. And clean. Et Cetera, et cetera. I didn't want to be a housewife!"

"Did she-" Ranma started.

"No Ranma, she doesn't know about your curse. She wanted a daughter and I was it. I wasn't perfect and Mom wanted me to be." Toshi sighed.

"Oh." Ranma looked down at his feet. He walked over and plopped himself on the couch next to his sister "I can't believe I don't remember you, though, Shi-chan."

"I can't believe it either. When you left, I was..." Toshi counted on her fingers. "I was like... three. Mom has a whole bunch o' pictures of me and you."

"Really?"

"Yeah... wanna see one?"

"You took one?"

"Yeah, so I could remember what you looked like. I guess I didn't remember that you would grow." Toshi said and smiled lightly. "I have like five." Toshi got up and dashed upstairs. Ranma followed. The two entered the Akane's room.

"What?"

"Akane said I could kinda... leave my stuff in her closet for a while." Toshi said and opened the door. She walked over to the closet, opened the door and reached for a small bundle in the corner. She took a few minutes to unwrap it and rummage, but finally she came up.

"Here." Toshi shoved five photos to her brother. The first one he grabbed was a little picture of Ranma as a child, chasing Toshi. Another was Toshi stuffing mud in Ranma's face. Ranma smiled slightly.

"Oh, that one. Mom said we were making mud pies and I wanted you to try mine." Toshi giggled.

Ranma looked at the next picture. It was Ranma and Toshi on the slide at some park. The two were laughing. Ranma was missing a tooth. "This one?"

"The last day we were together. At a park the morning you left. If you remember, Mom said you didn't leave 'til that afternoon."

"Oh." Ranma said and nodded solemnly. Ranma looked at the next picture. His cheeks reddened.

"That one! That's me and you taking a bath." Toshi giggled.

"You were so pudgy!" Ranma said. Toshi smiled, "Flip to the next one." she said. Ranma gasped. It was chibi Ranma and chibi Toshi asleep on a couch, with a... a...

"That was our pet cat, Moop. She was such a cutie!"

"M-m-moop?"

"Yeah, when Pop found her, he asked me to name her. The only word I could say was 'Moop'. So that was her name." Toshi giggled. When I was with mom, Moop had died and we had kept one of her kittens. We named him- Ranma what's wrong?"

"I HATE cats!"

Toshi laughed. "What do you mean you hate cats? You were jealous because I had a cat, so Mom told Pop we had to get another one! How can you hate cats?" Toshi asked.

"It's a long story... but take that picture away!"